diff --git a/hooks.json.example b/example/hooks.json
similarity index 100%
rename from hooks.json.example
rename to example/hooks.json
diff --git a/hooks.json.tmpl.example b/example/hooks.json.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from hooks.json.tmpl.example
rename to example/hooks.json.tmpl
diff --git a/hooks.yaml.example b/example/hooks.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from hooks.yaml.example
rename to example/hooks.yaml
diff --git a/hooks.yaml.tmpl.example b/example/hooks.yaml.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from hooks.yaml.tmpl.example
rename to example/hooks.yaml.tmpl
diff --git a/internal/hook/hook_test.go b/internal/hook/hook_test.go
index b2ec4a4..ed995bc 100644
--- a/internal/hook/hook_test.go
+++ b/internal/hook/hook_test.go
@@ -484,10 +484,10 @@ var hooksLoadFromFileTests = []struct {
 	asTemplate bool
 	ok         bool
 }{
-	{"../../hooks.json.example", false, true},
-	{"../../hooks.yaml.example", false, true},
-	{"../../hooks.json.tmpl.example", true, true},
-	{"../../hooks.yaml.tmpl.example", true, true},
+	{"../../example/hooks.json", false, true},
+	{"../../example/hooks.yaml", false, true},
+	{"../../example/hooks.json.tmpl", true, true},
+	{"../../example/hooks.yaml.tmpl", true, true},
 	{"", false, true},
 	// failures
 	{"missing.json", false, false},